HARRISON, Frederick George
| Service Number: | 3311 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Darlington , New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hat packer |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3311, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3311, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3311, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Imprisoned Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Captured by Germans, interned Dulmen, Minden |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederick George Harrison was the eldest of three brothers from Sydney who enlisted in the AIF. He was the only one was to return home, having spent two and a half years as a prisoner of war in Germany. They were the sons of Frederick and Rose Agnes Harrison were living in Darlington, Sydney, New South Wales.
His youngest brother, 2775 Pte. Osborne Leslie Harrison 13th Battalion AIF, was killed in action in Belgium on 25 September 1917, aged 19 years and another younger brother, 2774 Pte. Harold Claude Harrison 45th Battalion AIF, died of wounds on 19 September 1918, aged 24.
Frederick was captured during the disastrous attack on Fromelles conducted by the 5th Division on 19 July 1916. Frederick and other members of the 55th Battalion were surrounded in German trenches they had taken and were holding, after suffering very heavy casualties on the morning of 20 July 1916.
He was a prisoner in Germany for nearly 30 months in the Dulmen and Minden POW camps before he was repatriated to England during December 1918.